An explanation of three $1,500 checks written in 2010 from Dr. Peter Galvan’s account.

According to the federal subpoena, the documents must be turned over to the grand jury at 9 a.m. Thursday.

The subpoena can also be satisfied if the records are turned over to the FBI before Thursday's deadline.

The parish has also begun examining records and said it was compiling documents related to the coroner’s office, including the coroner's leave policy and timesheets.

Questions about the office’s spending, including salaries, cars and internal policies have come under scrutiny.

Galvan has had no public response since questions about his office’s spending surfaced in December.

According to public records, the coroner’s office used debit or credit cards in big box stores and grocery stores. Officials said as much as $28,000 were spent during 2008 and 2009 in restaurants alone.

WDSU first reported on the matter in 2009, when a former employee of the office and her husband cited what they believed to be lavish spending.

“Government should work with efficiency and effectiveness, and there is no place for a public servant that goes down the road of abuse and squander,” said Parish President Pat Brister. “I have spent a career standing up for what’s right and against those that would want to misuse hard-earned tax dollars. This is why I feel it is vitally important that we get the truth.”

Last week, the St. Tammany Parish Council sought answers from Galvan on the spending in the office.

“Between cash flow and whatever other revenues that are coming in, it appears that there’s about $6.5 million of surplus or excess money,” said Marty Gould, District 5 representative to St. Tammany Council.

The council wants to know what the surplus money is to be used for, saying it's prepared to cut the amount of taxpayer dollars going to the coroner.

The council also wants the 2012 coroner's report by June, complete with a look toward rolling back future millage money Galvan’s office gets.